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planaria


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Planaria  \Pla*na"ri*a\,  n.;  pl  L.  {Planari[ae]},  E.  {-rias}. 
  [NL.  See  {Planary}.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  Any  species  of  turbellarian  worms  belonging  to  {Planaria}, 
  and  many  allied  genera.  The  body  is  usually  flat,  thin,  and 
  smooth.  Some  species,  in  warm  countries,  are  terrestrial. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  planaria 
  n  :  free-swimming  mostly  freshwater  flatworms;  popular  in 
  laboratory  studies  for  the  ability  to  regenerate  lost 
  parts  [syn:  {planarian}] 




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